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Poll: Almost half of the respondents in North Macedonia have no trust in their mayors

The respondents in the poll by the Macedonian Center of International Cooperation (MCMC) are divided when it comes to trusting the mayors of the municipalities where they live. More than half (50,6%) said that they trust the mayors, but 47,5% said they don't. The ethnic Albanians (74,3%) and the members of other communities (59,1%) stressed that they have great...

Decisions in municipalities in North Macedonia still made by men, number of women in leadership positions too small

Out of 751 leadership positions in 17 municipalities that were analyzed throughout North Macedonia, 553 of them were held by men, while 198 were held by women. The research, part of the "Gender Analysis of Leadership Positions and Municipality Programs 2020/2021," shows that the decisions made on municipality levels are being made by men. This was the conclusion that...

EC: New mayors will get a clear mandate, all leaders must act responsibly

Local elections in Macedonia give a clear mandate to the new mayors and members of the municipals councils on how citizens would like their local government to be shaped in their municipalities, said European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijančič today. According to her, the focus should now be on moving the EU reform agenda forward through an inclusive proces, in the...

Kotevski: VMRO-DPMNE will not return its mandates, even though they do not recognize the election results

After yesterday's speech by party leader Nikola Gruevski, where he declared the elections as irregular and said that he does not recognize them, today VMRO-DPMNE told “Meta” that this does not mean that the mandates and seats they won will be returned, because that "would only help Zaev and SDSM, and make it easier for them to trade national...

Election silence begins as voters go to the polls tomorrow to chose a new local government

From midnight the pre-election silence begins, where all election and party propaganda is prohibited until tomorrow at 19:00. A total of 1,814,644 voters will have the opportunity tomorrow from 7:00 to 19:00 to cast their vote for future mayors and members of the councils of the municipalities in which they live in. The voting is direct and secret, and for...